How Reporters Evaluate the Credibility of Their Sources.

Dansker, Emil; And Others

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Publication Date: 1980-Feb

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How Reporters Evaluate the Credibility of Their Sources.

Dansker, Emil; And Others

Newspaper Research Journal, v1 n2 p40-45 Feb 1980

Reporters appear to fall into three types according to the way in which they evaluate the credibility of their sources. All types demand corroboration, but they differ on the significance of intuition. (RL)

Descriptors: Credibility, Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria, Information Sources, Information Utilization, Journalism, Media Research, News Reporting

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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